Apple Time Machine to the rescue

About 5 years ago I made the switch from Windows to Mac. Like many people I was taken by the ease of use, the style, the look and feel, and the functionality. The techie in me had been hesitating for years because, though I liked the creative programs (iPhoto, garage band, iTunes), I didn’t need [...]

Graphic Picture of Solar Heating

Solar Collector

The solar collector we are building at my future house, 78 Main St, has been in place for a couple of weeks now, and we have been collecting temperature data. I’m hoping to have some “live” data at the website at some point in the future, but for now I have downloaded 8 [...]

Pi Day

Google PI

Today is March 14th, for some that’s 3.14 (pi, π) day. Pi is the greek symbol representing the constant which is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Google often takes the opportunity to acknowledge an interesting day (or date) on its front page, and they did so today [...]

Sustainable 'Fresh' 'Food Inc'

Fresh Food

Over the last week I have had an opportunity to watch two movies and a TEDprize presentation about America’s un-sustainable food industry: “Fresh“, “Food, Inc” and Jamie Oliver’s TED prize acceptance video. I wasn’t seeking out information on food … but they all presented themselves in the last week so I felt it [...]